Quote of the day
Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.
Mona Simpson

Born: June 14, 1957 (age 66)
Bio: Mona Elizabeth Simpson is an American novelist. She has written six novels and is a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles and the Sadie Samuelson Levy Professor in Languages and Literature at Bard College.
Known for:
- Anywhere but Here (1986)
- A regular guy (1996)
- My Hollywood (2010)
- The Lost Father (1993)
- Off Keck Road (2000)